The centre-right in Milan’s City Hall 8 is on the barricades against the council’s decision to name the gardens after LGBT+ civil rights activist Harvey Milk
The council of Milan’s City Hall 8 had approved a resolution naming the gardens in Piazza IV Febbraio (Fiera area) after Harvey Milk, an LGBT+ civil rights activist who was killed on 27 November 1978 in the San Francisco City Council – of which he was the first openly gay councillor—at the hands of Dan White – a former member of the municipal institution—with whom he had clashed several times. In addition to Milk, Mayor George Moscone was also killed.
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Once the resolution – approved by the Council – reached the City Council, the centre-right took to the barricades, tabling no fewer than 264 amendments with names clearly opposed to Harvey Milk. Those 264 names are none other than all the Popes in the history of the Catholic Church, from Linus (Peter’s successor) to the present day. At this point – as reported by Milano Today – the resolution was withdrawn and sent to Tommaso Sacchi, Councillor for Culture of the City of Milan.
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Luca Palladini, spokesman for the Sentinelli di Milano, commented on what had happened at City Hall 8: ‹‹ The Right tried to boycott the debate by tabling amendments to have those gardens named after the 264 Popes who have existed in the history of the Catholic Church. This is the Right in Milan. To set up an instrumental opposition to a courageous man who fought for civil rights and religion››.